Classification of Blogs & Most Appropriate Classification Approach

In recent years, the term ‘blog’ is no longer enough to group everything in as more varieties of blogs are being introduced. (Simons, M. 2008) Taxonomists are commencing the right term to organize and classify the contents of blogs, thus grouping them in specific categories. (TaxonomyBlog 2010)

Subject Matter:
1. Food – A Whiff of Lemongrass
2. Sports - Caught OffSide
3. Music - Favourite Tunes
4. Visual Arts - AccmStudio Blog

Device:
Moblog - MoBlog Online
combination of the word ‘mobile’ and ‘web log’, Moblog is a blog whereby posts are publish directly from mobile devices like iPhones or Blackberry. (Webopedia 2010)

the new iPhone 4
source : www.apple.com

Media Types:
1. Vlog - Youtube
2. Photolog - Photobucket
3. Sketchlog - Rob Sheridan SketchBlog
4. Tumblelog – Anarchaia

Status of Publishers:
1. Business & corperate blogs - Redfin

As stated by Margaret Simons, blogs are being classified to different categories with their own specific style, format, layout, topic and target audiences. (2008) Looking at a sketchlog for instance, Rob Sheridan's SketchBlog, it is easy to recognize the site as a sketch log by just looking at the blogging style that consists of various sketch portfolios and also the visitors, who mostly are art lovers or sketchers. Margaret Simons categorized it as an Exhibition Blog because the sketch log is presenting art works and maintained by an artist. (2008) The difference is that, sketch log is more specific with only hand-drawn or digital artworks, whereby an exhibition blog can be more than just artworks, it can also be a presentation of writing documents like poets. (Simons, M. 2008)

Reference List:

1. Taxonomy Blog 2010, 'Skills of a Classy Taxonomist,' 10 August, viewed 26 September 2010 < http://thetaxonomyblog.wordpress.com/ >

2. Simons, M. 2008, 'A Taxonomy of Blogs,' The Media Report, 25 September, viewed 26 September 2010 < http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm >

3. Simons, M. 2008, 'Towards A Taxonomy of Blogs,' Australian Policy Online, 11 September, viewed September 2010 < http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/towards-taxonomy-blogs-0 >

4. Webopedia 2010, 'What is Moblog?' viewed 26 September 2010, < http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/moblog.html >